New moons in 2012
The 12 new moons the U.S. Naval Observatory publishes for 2012, each with its Universal Time date and clock time, the same moment read on a UTC+8 clock, and the Wikidata Chinese New Year date its record carries for comparison.
| Date (UT) | Time (UT) | Date (UTC+8) | Time (UTC+8) | Wikidata Chinese New Year date | Days difference | Comparison note | Source file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-23 | 07:39 | 2012-01-23 | 15:39 | 2012-01-23 | 0 | the China date of this new moon is the Wikidata date | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-02-21 | 22:35 | 2012-02-22 | 06:35 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-03-22 | 14:37 | 2012-03-22 | 22:37 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-04-21 | 07:18 | 2012-04-21 | 15:18 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-05-20 | 23:47 | 2012-05-21 | 07:47 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-06-19 | 15:02 | 2012-06-19 | 23:02 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-07-19 | 04:24 | 2012-07-19 | 12:24 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-08-17 | 15:54 | 2012-08-17 | 23:54 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-09-16 | 02:11 | 2012-09-16 | 10:11 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-10-15 | 12:02 | 2012-10-15 | 20:02 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-11-13 | 22:08 | 2012-11-14 | 06:08 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
| 2012-12-13 | 08:42 | 2012-12-13 | 16:42 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2012.json |
computed: the published UTC date and time above, read on a UTC+8 clock (China Standard Time); the USNO API publishes UTC and no China-time field
Source and period
Figures on this page are read from these source records: U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department - Dates of Primary Phases of the Moon, 2012 (API record; phase times in Universal Time); Wikidata - item Q131772 'Chinese New Year' (structured statements, CC0), for the Chinese New Year dates its statements carry. The period covered is the 2012 calendar year. Records fetched 2026-10-31.